Improvement in photographic chairs



J. WINTER. Photographicfhair.

Patented Oct. 30, 1877.

N. PETERS. PHOTWLITHUGHAFNER, WASHNGTONJJ C;

'Nirnn PATENT OFFICE;

JOHN WINTER, on sY'nAoUsE, nnwronk Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 196,731, dated October 30, 1877 application filed l' February 27, 1877. i

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN WINTER, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York', have invented a new and useful Improvement in Photograph-Seats, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object-of my invention is to provide a seat or settee especially adapted to photograph-galleries, which seat shall be convenient, simple, and cheap in construction, and capable of ready adjustment and variation in form to suit the height of its occupant, or the various postures which persons sitting for a l picture may wish to assume.

The invention consists in a vnovel combination and arrangement of a seat divested of back and side or end rests, and an arm or bolster supported at one end by a vertical rod connected adjustably, both radially and vertically, to the seat.

It also consists in the combination and arrangement,.with the aforesaid arm or bolster,

other article suitable for a forward-inclined posture of a person; and Fig. 2 shows my invention arranged to answer the purposes of an infants chair, sofa, lounge, or other seat with a back.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

a is a seat or stool, having neither back nor side rests. s is a cylindric socket attached to the seat, and provided with the set-screw c or other clamping device. fr is a vertical rod,

iitted to slide vertically and revolve inthe socket s, and secured in its position by the aforesaid set-screw or its equivalent. b is the lgle from saine.

l arm or bolster, attached at one end to the rod fr, and standing horizontally or at a right ant h is the head-rest, attached to the upper end of the vertical portion of the right-angled bar fr', which is adjustably con- .nected with` the supporting-rod 'r of the arm b by a socket or sleeve, s', on the end of the horizontal portion of the right-angled bar r aforesaid.

The ready and manifold application and general utility of this invention are obvious, and its convenience and simplicity of construction will be appreciated by photographers.

If it is to be used as an infants chair, the. seat a is turned to bring the socket s to the rear, the arm b is lowered and tinned to form a back, and the head-rest l1, connected and arranged therewith, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of -the drawings. If a side rest, such as an arm of a chair, is desired, the arm b is turned to a corresponding angle across the end of the seat, to give the desired support to the sitter, and present the appearance shown by full lines in Fig. l. Then, again, should the sitter wish to assume a forward-inclined posture, such as leaning upon a baluster, the seat c is turned to bring the socket s' in front, and the arm b is elevated and turned to the requisite angle across the front, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. l of the drawings, thus giving in every case a convenient, appropriate, and substantial support to the sitter, and answering the purposes of three or more varieties of seats; and by its being deprived of back and side or end rests it is specially adapted to the present style of ladies7 dress, causing less disarrangement of same, and affording greater convenience to ladiesv than any photographchair hitherto used.

The rod fr in most cases is to be covered by drapery thrown across the arm, or otherwise appropriately arranged to produce the proper eEect in the picture.

Having thus decribed my invention, what I claim isl. The combination and arrangement of the seat al, divestcd of back and side or end rests, and the arm or bolster b, supported at one end by the vertical bar r, connected adjustably, both radially and vertically, to the seat, substantially in the manner specified and shown, for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination and arrangement, with the arm-b, supported at one end by the bar 1^, as described, of the head-rest h, attached to the end of the vertical portion of the rightangled bar r', and connected with the supporting-bar r of' the arm-by a seeve, s', on the end of the horizontal portion of the bar 1^', substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

\ JOHN WINTER. [1.. s.] Witnesses:

W. B. RANDALL, JOHN MGGARTHY. 

